
BIG WIN: Oak Leaf Media founders (from left) Dave Niziolek, Kyle Griffin and Brendan Walsh with their awards for ‘Likewise, Olive’ at the Smodcastle Film Festival in October. (Photo Courtesy Oak Leaf Media)

‘Likewise, Olive’ poster art. (Courtesy Oak Leaf Media)
The idea for an award-winning film literally came in a dream.
Oak Leaf Media of Tuckerton just won Best Actor in a Short (Drama) and Best Short Film (Drama) while being nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Director at the third annual Smodcastle Film Festival in late October for its short film “Likewise, Olive.” And the idea for the film literally came to Dave Niziolek, co-founder and director of photography of Oak Leaf Media, in a dream he had while on vacation with his family.
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